Obscure sports trivia

Tell me who wouldn’t be for drilling the runners with the ball once again being an out? Well, except the players anyway

 

Wanna talk a way to make the game quicker and more action packed? Simple: make three balls to a walk instead of four.

It hasnt always been four anyway. Used to be seven.

Why should the defense get more chances than the offense to create action?

Three balls to a walk; three strikes to a K, with the last swing and miss still.

The percentages prove that hitting a baseball is hard as fuck, so why should pitchers be given a numerical advantage?

 

I don’t know if it’s make the game faster because with three balls, there would be more walks and more base runners. It’d be harder to get three outs.

More higher scoring and more action, but I’m not sure if it’s make the game faster.

 

Yes, but as much as we all heard this from little league coaches, this is very modern thinking. It wasn't that long ago that most people thought of walks the way they think of errors- not a skill by the batter; a mistake by the defense.

 

If we're back on the topic of rule changes to avoid long games, here's mine: Instead of the awful ghost runner, play extra innings 8 on 8.

 

A lot of uncertainty, no? So why not try it in the minors first, as they have done with every rules change previous

 

Sure.

 

Who holds the American League record for fewest hits allowed in consecutive 9-inning complete games?

Johnny Vander Meer obviously holds the MLB record.

 

Nolan Ryan and Bob Feller are obvious guesses.

 

Mark Buehrle?
I remember he took a perfect game to the seventh inning in the start after the one he finished, but can't recall if he finished the second game or not.

 

Dave Stieb?

 

No, no and no. I'll have the answer later today.